Valve mount for a compressor pressure valve

ABSTRACT

A valve mount for a compressor pressure valve with a valve seat disposed in a bore formed in a cylinder head, wherein the valve mount is provided with a cooling chamber surrounding the external surfaces of a pressure chamber for transferring and dissipating heat from the valve parts including the valve seat.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In known compressor pressure valves, the valve mount is arranged as a separate part between the valve seat and a projection formed on the cylinder head. The valve mount in that case is situated completely in the pressure chamber and cooling of the pressure-valve mount is effected only via relatively small contact surfaces with the cylinder head. In this known construction, direct cooling of the valve mount is not possible, so that there is the danger of carbon deposits forming on the pressure-valve mount.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The object of the present invention, therefore, is to provide a pressure-valve mount for a pressure valve arranged in such a way that better cooling of the valve is possible and so that carbon deposits on the valve mount are thereby prevented.

This object is accomplished by integrating a pressure-valve mount of the above mentioned type in the cylinder head. According to the invention, the valve mount is formed as one piece with the cylinder head. Essentially, better heat transmission is possible because there are no longer insulating boundary layers formed between the valve mount and the cylinder head, and also because configuration of the valve mount can be such that circumcirculation of coolants can take place. Also, because of the configuration of the valve mount in accordance with the invention, the danger of carbon formation is reduced.

Moreover, the valve mount is directly in contact with the wall of the bore of the valve seat, so that an intensive cooling is possible of those parts of the valve that become hottest due to their proximity to the area of the narrowest cross sections, namely the valve openings. Thus, efficient heat dissipation of the valve plate via the valve mount is possible.

In accordance with another advantageous refinement of the invention, the valve mount is given an essentially cylindrical shape and is fitted with a tapped blind bore for the direct attachment of the valve seat with the aid of a bolt in such a way that on the pressure chamber side an annular channel is formed in the area of the pressure valve, that encloses a coolant channel annularly surrounding the cylindrical part of the pressure trap and is situated for the most part in the cooling chamber. This configuration of the valve mount according to the invention is particularly advantageous, for by this means coolant can be brought directly to the valve mount and thus in the immediate vicinity of the hottest parts of the valve, cooling can be essentially improved.

In a further refinement of the invention, the valve mount projects freely into the cooling chamber, so that the surface of said valve mount exposed to the coolant is increased, and thereby the cooling effect as a whole is improved.

Because the valve mount surface in contact with the coolant is increased, and because the coolant is brought closer to the hottest spots of the valve mount, there is improvement of the cooling of the valve mount itself and also of the valve plates. The danger of local formation of carbon on the valve mount and on the plate can thus be reduced essentially.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an elevational view, in section, through the cylinder head of the pressure valve (poppet valve) situated in said cylinder head in accordance with the invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line A--A of FIG. 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

FIG. 3 is an elevational view, in section, through a cylinder head with a valve mount according to the invention, for a plate-type pressure valve.

FIG. 1 shows a sectional view through a cylinder head 1 with an end cover 2 secured thereon. In cylinder head 1, there is situated a pressure valve 3 (poppet type) configured in accordance with the invention. The cylinder head 1 comprises a suction connection or inlet 4, a pressure connection or outlet 5, a pressure chamber 6, and a cooling chamber 7. The reference numeral 8 designates a compression chamber. The compression chamber 8 is connected to the inlet connection 4 via a plurality of connecting bores 9. A bore 10 is formed in a lower wall 11 of the cylinder head 1. Bore 10, as shown, is graduated, but it can also be formed without graduation. A valve seat 12 is situated in the bore 10. Valve seat 12 in the present case is formed on the peripheral surface complementary to the bore. In the case of utilization of a non-graduated bore, valve seat 12 would be disposed in the bore preferably with a press seat or a transition seat in order to achieve sufficient sealing action. In valve seat 12, there is formed an annular pressure channel 13 working in conjunction with an annular valve plate 14, which is precompressed against the valve seat by a valve spring 15. In place of the annular pressure channel 13, another form of channel can be provided, as for example in the form of one or more bores or apertures. The valve spring 15 is supported on a valve mount 16 that simultaneously serves to limit the stroke of the valve plate 14.

In accordance with the invention, the valve mount 16 is formed in one piece integral with the cylinder head 1 and is connected to cylinder-head parts in the area of the bore 10 and with the walls of the pressure connection 5 via bridge-like parts 18 and 19. By means of the form according to the invention, it is possible to optimize the ratio of the pressure-chamber surface to the cooling-chamber surface more easily and thus to improve the cooling action. In FIG. 2, the construction of the wall sections may be seen more clearly and will be discussed in detail below. The valve mount 16 projects freely like a tower with an attachment 20 into cooling chamber 7 and is provided with a tapped blind bore 21 for a bolt 22 for attachment of valve seat 12. By means of this special form of valve mount 16, a complete circumcirculation with coolant is possible, whereby an intensive heat dissipation can be achieved. Obviously, the attachment 20 can also be lengthened as far as the cover 2 of the cylinder 1 and can be directly connected to said cover.

Reference should now be made to FIG. 2, which shows a sectional view of the cylinder head according to FIG. 1 along line A--A. In this view, the construction according to the invention of the valve mount 16 surrounding the pressure chamber 6 in the immediate vicinity of the valve seat 12 can be clearly seen, and the annular configuration achieved therewith of parts of the pressure chamber and the cooling chamber 7. The parts of the cylinder head 1 and of the pressure valve 3 shown in FIG. 2 and also in FIG. 1, have for the sake of simplicity been given the same reference numbers as the corresponding parts shown in FIG. 1, so that in this connection reference may be made to the description for FIG. 1. Coolant flows through the coolant connections 23 and 24 and through the cooling chamber 7, which in accordance with the valve mount construction of the invention also comprises an annular chamber 25 that surrounds the attachment 20. This annular chamber is in turn surrounded by an annular pressure chamber portion 26 so that the pressure chamber 6 formed in the annular space is circumcirculated inside and out by coolant, whereby very good cooling can be achieved.

Reference should now be made to FIG. 3, which shows a cylinder head 27 with a valve-carrier plate 28, a plate suction valve 29, and a plate pressure valve 30. The cylinder head 27 further comprises a suction connection or outlet 31, a suction chamber 32, a pressure connection or inlet 33, a pressure chamber 34, and a cooling chamber 35. The plate pressure valve 30 comprises a valve mount 36 that is formed as one piece with the cylinder head 27. For the improvement of the cooling of the hottest spots of the valve mount 36, the latter is equipped with a recess 37. In this way, the valve mount surface brought in contact with the coolant is increased and also the coolant is directed closer to the hottest spots of the valve mount 36.

The valve mount surface exposed to the coolant can also be ribbed and further cavities and recesses can be provided.

Unlike what is shown in FIG. 3, the cylinder head can be fitted with a removable cylinder head covering plate, on which the valve mount is formed. By this means, there is the possibility of configuring the valve-carrier plate 28 as one piece with the cylinder head 27, whereby the cooling of this plate and of the plate valves can be improved. 

Having now described the invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is
 1. A mounting arrangement for a compressor pressure valve comprising:(a) a cylinder head secured to a compressor cylinder and having formed therein an outer cooling chamber through which coolant may be circulated; (b) a substantially cylindrical valve mount formed integrally and disposed coaxially within said cylinder head adjacent said compressor cylinder and surrounded by said outer cooling chamber; (c) an annular valve seat disposed coaxially within a counter bore formed in the valve mount adjacent the compressor cylinder, (d) said valve mount comprising:(i) an inner concentric cylindrical, smaller-diameter portion formed integrally with and extending coaxially away from the valve mount and being provided with a tapped blind bore for receiving a bolt by which the valve seat is secured to the valve mount, and (ii) an outer cylindrical portion formed integrally with and extending coaxially from the valve mount in concentrically surrounding relation to said inner cylindrical portion to form an annular space therebetween forming an inner cooling chamber open to said outer cooling chamber, and (iii) an annular pressure chamber formed in said valve mount between and in coaxial relationship to said inner and outer cooling chambers and isolated therefrom; and (e) normally closed valve means operably disposed on said valve seat between said compressor cylinder and said pressure chamber and being operable responsively to air pressure from the compressor cylinder to an open disposition in which said pressure chamber is supplied with said air pressure.
 2. A mounting arrangement for a compressor pressure valve, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said counter bore is provided with an annular shoulder against which the valve seat is drawn and secured when said bolt is secured in the blind tapped bore. 